Differences in synaptic GABA(A) receptor number underlie variation in GABA mini amplitude

Neuron

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 697-709

  Nusser, Zoltan ^a,b   Cull Candy, Stuart ^a   Farrant, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTIBODY; BICUCULLINE METHOBROMIDE; FLURAZEPAM; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030922803     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80382-7     Document Type: Article

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